AGENDA

 

Meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

County Board Room, County Building

Thursday, February 19, 2004, 10:00 A.M.

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RECONSIDERATION OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED RESOLUTION

AND REQUEST TO APPROVE AS AMENDED

 

ITEM #1

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

RUTH M. ROTHSTEIN, Chief, Bureau of Health Services

 

I am requesting that the Cook County Board of Commissioners reconsider and approve as amended the following item, which was previously approved on the Board Agenda, Item #51 (page 27) at the February 3, 2004 Board Meeting.

 

The amendment is indicated by the underscored language.

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 14, 2004 from

 

RUTH M. ROTHSTEIN, Chief, Bureau of Health Services

 

Submitted, please find a resolution to update the bank account that the Bureau of Health Services currently has for Stroger Hospital of Cook County.  The bank account is at the bank listed below:

 

Seaway National Bank

 

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has the legal authority to authorize its departments and offices to open and maintain checking and savings accounts at various banks; and

 

WHEREAS, it is now necessary to update those persons who are authorized to be signatories on these checking and savings accounts.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the checking and/or savings accounts at Seaway National Bank, for the following purposes, be updated for Patient Refund.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the following are the names of those persons who are authorized to sign checks on these checking and/or savings accounts and that the signatures of at least two (2) of these shall be required on each check:

 

                                                1.      Ruth M. Rothstein

                                                2.      Alvin Holley

                                                3.      Johnny C. Brown

                                                4.      Richard C. Powell

                                                5.      John F. Chambers Yogi Mahendra

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the following are the names of those persons who are authorized to wire or otherwise transfer funds from the Stroger Hospital of Cook County accounts to other County of Cook bank accounts:

 

                                                1.      Kelvin Magee

                                                2.      Scott Haupers

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the following persons heretofore to be signatories shall be deleted:

 

1.             Lacy L. Thomas

2.             Irene Montgomery

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Auditor be directed to audit the checking accounts of said institution at the close of each Fiscal Year or at anytime she sees fit, and to file report(s) thereon with the Cook County Board.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any funds drawn on said checking or savings accounts for deposit with the County Treasurer shall be transmitted to the Cook County Comptroller with an itemization of collections and designation of the account in the Office of the Comptroller.


RECONSIDERATION OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED

CONTRACTS AND BONDS LETTER AND REQUEST TO APPROVE AS AMENDED

 

ITEM #2

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

RAYMOND C. ROBIN, Purchasing Agent

 

Re:   February 3, 2004

        Contracts and Bonds Letter

 

Please be advised that on the February 3, 2004 Contracts and Bonds letter there are two errors.  The first error is on the fourth item on page 4, Divane Brothers Electric Company, the amount reads $2,782,000.00, when it should be $2,872,000.00.  The second error is the first item on page 5, Info Technologies, Inc., d/b/a Computerland, the contract number reads 04-82-249, when it should be 04-84-50.  The third error on page 10, Faustech Industries, Inc., the contract number reads 04-15-156H, for disposable isolation gowns and reusable scrubs apparel, when it should read contract number 04-15-131H, for surgical detergents and cleanser.

 

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS

 

ITEM #3

 

JOURNAL

(December 16, 2003)

 

DAVID ORR, Cook County Clerk presented in printed form a record of the Journal of the Proceedings of the meeting held on Tuesday, December 16, 2003.

 

I am hereby requesting the opportunity to discuss this matter with the Administration Committee of the Board of Commissioners.

 

MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS

 

ITEM #4

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 16, 2004 from

 

DANIEL R. MARTIN, Acting Chief Operating Officer, Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County

 

The physician status changes presented have been professionally reviewed and recommended for the status shown.  The Board of Commissioners will be notified confidentially when there are physicians herein who have any malpractice claims or professional sanctions when such specific cases have not previously been presented to the Board of Commissioners.  Additional information concerning such matters will be available on a confidential basis through the Secretary of the Board.

 

PHYSICIAN STATUS CHANGES

 

STATUS CHANGES – PROVISIONAL TO ACTIVE

 

NENAD BRKIC, MD from Provisional to Active, Department of Rehabilitative Medicine, effective February 19, 2004, subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

MARIKA LAZO, MD from Provisional to Active, Department of Rehabilitative Medicine, effective February 19, 2004, subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

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MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS continued

 

ITEM #5

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 28, 2004 from

 

STEPHANIE WRIGHT-GRIGGS, Chief Operating Officer, Provident Hospital of Cook County

 

The medical staff appointment, medical staff reappointments, medical staff appointment to be amended and medical staff status change presented have been professionally reviewed and recommended for the status shown.  The Board of Commissioners will be notified confidentially when there are physicians herein who have any malpractice claims or professional sanctions when such specific cases have not previously been presented to the Board of Commissioners.  Additional information concerning such matters will be available on a confidential basis through the Secretary of the Board.

 

MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENT

 

CORRIS ARCHER, MD – Service Physician (Ancillary Category), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Will be paid from Account 133, Position ID #0389109, Business Unit #8910503, sequence #833165, effective February 19, 2004; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

MEDICAL STAFF REAPPOINTMENTS

 

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

 

Don hollandsworth, MD, Active Category, Reappointment December 21, 2003 through December 20, 2005.

ARTHUR MOSWIN, MD, Active Category, Reappointment January 24, 2004 through January 23, 2006.

ZAKI LAHABIDI, MD, Consultant Category, Reappointment December 21, 2003 through December 20, 2005.

DEPARTMENT SURGERY

 

MAnmohan singh, MD, Active Category, Reappointment November 23, 2003 through November 22, 2005.

 

MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENT TO BE AMENDED FROM PROVISIONAL

TO FULL STATUS WITH NO FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

ANTO MALIAKKAL, MD, from Provisional to Active Category, Department of Internal Medicine.

NAVEED MALLICK, MD, from Provisional to Active Category, Department of Internal Medicine.

 

MEDICAL STAFF STATUS CHANGE

 

Goldwyn Foggie, MD, Attending Physician Senior 10, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Account 110, Grade K-10, Step 5, Position ID #9718794, sequence #033600 to be changed to Attending Physician Senior 11, Account 110, Grade K-11, Step 3, Position ID #0300142, sequence #033350.

 

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ITEM #6

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated February 9, 2004 from

 

JOHNNY C. BROWN, Chief Operating Officer, Stroger Hospital of Cook County

 

The medical staff appointments, medical staff reappointments and medical staff status changes presented have been professionally reviewed and recommended for the status shown.  The Board of Commissioners will be notified confidentially when there are physicians herein who have any malpractice claims or professional sanctions when such specific cases have not previously been presented to the Board of Commissioners.  Additional information concerning such matters will be available on a confidential basis through the Secretary of the Board.

 


MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS continued

 

ITEM #6 cont’d

 

MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

 

CLIFFORD J. KAVINSKY, MD – Voluntary Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology.

 

RAJESH NAMBIAR, MD – Voluntary Associate Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine.

 

Charles Orsay, MD - Voluntary Attending Physician, Department of Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery.

 

VESNA SEFER, MD, MPH – Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of Employee Health Services, will be paid at Grade K-4, Step 5, from Account 110, Business Unit #8970284 (32-02).

 

KRISHNAN SRIRAM, MD – Attending/Medical Division Chairman, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Critical Care, will be paid at Grade K-12, from Account 110, Business Unit #8970237 (27-04), Position Identification #9522793.

 

MEDICAL STAFF REAPPOINTMENTS

 

DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

 

KAREN S. COSBY, MD                                                          Attending Physician

ROBERT J. FELDMAN, MD                                                   Attending Physician

MARK P. KLING, MD                                                            Attending Physician

MOSES S. LEE, MD                                                                Attending Physician

ISAM F. NASR, MD                                                                Attending Physician

LISA R. PALIVOS, MD                                                           Attending Physician

THOMAS A. SCALETTA, MD                                                Voluntary Attending Physician

JEFFREY J. SCHAIDER, MD                                                  Attending Physician

SCOTT C. SHERMAN, MD                                                     Assoc. Attending Physician

ROBERT F. SIMON, MD                                                         Attending/Department Chairman

 

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY

 

MARGARET O. GRIFFITHS, PhD                                           Clinical Psychologist

BRUCE E. CZUCHNA, PhD                                                    Clinical Psychologist

GREGORY N. LEWIS, PsyD                                                   Clinical Psychologist

STUART P. MANDELBAUM, MD                                         Assoc. Attending Physician

DEBORAH H. MATEK, MD                                                   Attending Physician

GALE M. SARGEANT, PhD                                                    Clinical Psychologist

 

DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY

 

ANDREW C. WILBUR, MD                                                    Consultant Physician

 

DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

 

MARLA J. BAGGE, APN                                                        Advance Practitioner Nurse

MILDRED BROWN, APN                                                       Advance Practitioner Nurse

ETO I. FALOLA, APN                                                            Advance Practitioner Nurse

LORI FENDER, APN                                                              Advance Practitioner Nurse

DENITA FOBS, APN                                                              Advance Practitioner Nurse

JENNIFER F. IWUCHUKWU, APN                                        Advance Practitioner Nurse

DARLENE D. KENNEBREW, APN                                        Advance Practitioner Nurse

 


MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS continued

 

ITEM #6 cont’d

 

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE

 

ANTHONY CLARK, MD                                                        Attending Physician

LEE FRANCIS, MD                                                                 Voluntary Attending Physician

SANDRA L. FRELLSEN, MD                                                 Attending Physician

BERNICE MAN, MD                                                               Attending Physician

BARRY A. MIZOCK, MD                                                       Attending Physician

MONICA E. PEEK, MD                                                          Service Physician

KALYANI PERUMAL, MD                                                    Service Physician

JOSEPH J. PULVIRENTI, MD                                                Attending Physician

SERGIO VARGAS, MD                                                           Service Physician

 

DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY

 

EPHRAIM I. AXELROD, MD                                                 Attending Physician

KATHLEEN G. BEAVIS, MD                                                 Attending/Division Chairman

LEONARD I. BORAL, MD                                                     Attending Physician

RAJYASREE EMMADI, MD                                                   Attending Physician

PAULA KOVARIK, MD                                                         Attending Physician

MARAYART MANGKORNKANOK, PhD                             Scientific Officer

THOMAS J. MILSON, PhD                                                     Scientific Officer

SYED F. QUADRI, PhD                                                          Scientific Officer

MARIN SEKOSAN, MD                                                          Attending Physician

PATRICIA E. SIMPLES, MD                                                  Attending Physician

SATINDER K. SINGH, MD                                                     Consultant Physician

RUSSELL TOMAR, MD                                                          Attending Physician

EUGENE J. YOUKILIS, PhD                                                   Scientific Officer

STEPHANIE A. YOUNG, MD                                                 Attending Physician

 

DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS

 

STEVE D. BARNES, MD                                                        Voluntary Attending Physician

 

MEDICAL STAFF STATUS CHANGES

 

BRADLEY HERSH, MD – From Service Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, to Voluntary Attending Physician, with no change in privileges.

 

JOSEPH WEBER, MD – From Service Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, to Attending Physician 9, with no change in privileges, will be paid at Grade K-9, Step 1, from Account 110, Business Unit #8970285 (33-01), Position Identification #9823323.

 

PROPOSED GRANT APPLICATIONS

 

ITEM #7

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 16, 2004 from

 

TIMOTHY C. EVANS, Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County

 

requesting authorization to apply for a grant in accordance with Section 30 of the 2003 Cook County Budget Resolution from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) in the amount of $291,714.00.  This grant, made available through the Federal Anti-Drug Abuse Act, will fund gender-responsive treatment and aftercare services to adult female offenders sentenced to probation or supervision for substance abuse-related offenses.

 


PROPOSED GRANT APPLICATIONS continued

 

ITEM #7 cont’d

 

This program will enhance services for female offenders making the transition from custody under the Sheriff’s Department for Women’s Justice Services to supervision under the court’s Adult Probation Department.  Services provided will include drug assessment detoxification services, counseling and life skills development.  The program relies on interagency collaboration and continuum of services to break the cycle of addiction and crime and facilitate successful reintegration back into the community.  The program outcomes will be measured in compliance with the Adult Probation Department’s comprehensive evaluation protocols.

 

This grant award requires a 25% cash match from Cook County.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $97,238.00 [Year 1:  $64,825.00; and Year 2:  $32,413.00].  Grant Award:  $291,714.00 [Year 1:  $194,475.00; and Year 2:  $97,239.00].  Funding period:  April 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005.  (532-272 Account).

 

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ITEM #8

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 16, 2004 from

 

STEPHEN A. MARTIN, JR., Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief Operating Officer, Department of Public Health

 

In accordance with Section 30 of the 2003 Cook County Budget Resolution, transmitting a communication requesting permission to apply for a grant in the amount of $2,100,000.00 for a three-year period from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration.  The purpose of this grant is to develop and implement abstinence education programs for adolescents, ages 12 through 18, in suburban Cook County.  The aim of the program is to reduce the proportion of adolescents who have engaged in premarital sexual activity, reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies among adolescents, and reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant Award:  $2,100,000.00 [Year 1:  $580,000.00; Year 2:  $760,000.00; and Year 3:  $760,000.00].  Funding period:  July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2007.

 

PROPOSED GRANT AWARDS

 

ITEM #9

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 22, 2004 from

 

JOHN H. STROGER, JR., President, Cook County Board of Commissioners

 

requesting authorization to accept a grant award in the amount of $1,699,800.00 representing the initial portion of the Federal Fiscal Year 2003 Urban Area Security Initiative.  These funds originate with the United States Department of Homeland Security/Office of Domestic Preparedness and flow through the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.

 

These funds will provide for the first phase of development and installation of a state-of-the-art interoperable wireless communication system to be used by emergency responders throughout Cook County.  This Interoperable Communication System will be developed, installed and operated under the auspices of the Bureau of Information Technology and Automation and must be expended by July 31, 2005.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant Award:  $1,699,800.00.  Funding period:  January 1, 2004 through July 31, 2005.

 

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PROPOSED GRANT AWARDS continued

ITEM #10

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 28, 2004 from

 

TIMOTHY C. EVANS, Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County

 

requesting authorization to accept a grant in the amount $14,000.00 from the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC).  This grant is funded through the State Court Improvement Program (CIP) and will fully fund an independent evaluation of the Child Protection Mediation Program by the Center for Analysis of Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems (CAADRS).  The independent evaluation by CAADRS will assess the program’s progress and effectiveness.

 

The court’s Child Protection Mediation Program was initiated in February 2001 to increase the court’s ability to make more informed decisions concerning safety, visitation, family reunification and permanency.  The program uses a model that provides for participation by attorneys, case managers, foster parents, family members, and other individuals involved with the family.

 

The authorization to apply for this grant was given on January 22, 2004 by the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant Award:  $14,000.00.  Funding period:  January 1, 2004 through June 30, 2004.

 

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ITEM #11

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 28, 2004 from

 

STEPHEN A. MARTIN, JR., Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief Operating Officer, Department of Public Health

 

requesting authorization to accept a grant award in the amount of $100,000.00 from the Illinois Department of Public Health.  This program will develop a community-based HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention project in south suburban Cook County, and recruit and train HIV/AIDS community health advocates.

 

This grant does not require an application process; the funding is automatically provided to those with HIV/AIDS programs in place.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant Award:  $100,000.00.  Funding period:  January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.

 

PROPOSED GRANT AWARD ADDENDUM

 

ITEM #12

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 21, 2004 from

 

DENNIS MANZKE, Chief of the Administrative Services Bureau, State’s Attorney’s Office

 

requesting authorization to accept a supplemental grant award in the amount of $63,784.00 from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA).  This supplemental grant provided bridge funding for Target Abuser Call Victim Assistance Program (TAC) partners, Life Span Center for Legal Services and Hull House Association, until the federal grant from the Office on Violence Against Women came through.  The federal award, which also funds Life Span Center for Legal Services and Hull House, was approved by the Cook County Board on November 18, 2003 and began funding the partner agencies on December 29, 2003.  The supplemental grant from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority was attached to the underlying 2-year contract in order to expedite the availability of funding for the partner agencies without creating a new program contract.  This supplemental award provided funding that supported the salaries and fringe benefits of two (2) domestic violence court victim advocates from the Hull House Association as well as one (1) civil staff attorney from Life Span Center for Legal Services and Advocacy.  The Hull House advocates and the Life Span civil attorney provided services to high-risk victims of domestic violence under the existing Target Abuser Call Victim Assistance Program that currently funds two (2) TAC victim specialists.  The total amount for the subcontractors is $63,695.00.  The additional $89.00 of the supplemental award covers the increased audit cost as a result of the additional award.  There is no match commitment for this supplemental award.


PROPOSED GRANT AWARD ADDENDUM continued

 

ITEM #12 cont’d

 

The grant award was approved on May 6, 2003 by the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

 

Subcontract with Hull House Association:  Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Funds provided through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority:  $39,796.00.  Subcontract Period:  July 14, 2003 through December 26, 2003.

 

Subcontract with LifeSpan Center for Legal Services and Advocacy:  Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Funds provided through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority:  $23,899.00.  Subcontract Period:  July 14, 2003 through December 26, 2003.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Total Supplemental Grant Award:  $63,784.00.

 

PROPOSED GRANT RENEWAL APPLICATION

 

ITEM #13

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 28, 2004 from

 

DENNIS MANZKE, Chief of the Administrative Services Bureau, State’s Attorney’s Office

 

requesting authorization to apply for a grant renewal in the amount of $27,985.00 from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.  This grant will provide continued partial funding for the Child Sexual Abuse Specialist Program that is jointly funded by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Children and Family Services.  The one (1) full-time child sexual abuse specialist funded by this grant focuses on providing victim services including crisis intervention with victims and families of victims, identifying and making referrals for immediate and long-term counseling services, monitoring and coordinating services for children who are wards of the state and working with the local and state agencies involved with the victim as well as working directly with local and state law enforcement and service agencies to provide training, technical assistance and consultation.

 

The estimated fiscal impact is the remaining salary and fringe benefits of the child sexual abuse specialist that would not be covered by the anticipated grant awards from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Children and Family Services.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $18,064.00.  Grant Award:  $27,985.00.  Funding period:  July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.  (250-818 Account).

 

PROPOSED GRANT AWARD RENEWALS

 

ITEM #14

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 16, 2004 from

 

STEPHEN A. MARTIN, JR., Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief Operating Officer,

                                                                    Department of Public Health

 

requesting authorization to renew a grant in the amount $351,457.00 from Proviso Township High Schools District No. 209.  The grant works with the Proviso High Schools to implement programs that may include the following:  Pax Game (behavioral modification), bullying prevention, cooperative games, teen dating violence prevention and family involvement.

 

This grant does not require an application process; the Department of Public Health is a subcontractor of the grant, which was applied for by Proviso Township High Schools.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant Award:  $351,457.00.  Funding period:  October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004.

 

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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD RENEWALS continued

 

ITEM #15

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 9, 2004 from

 

DENNIS MANZKE, Chief of the Administrative Services Bureau, State’s Attorney’s Office

 

requesting authorization to accept a grant renewal in the amount of $284,676.00 from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) for the Prosecutor Based Victim Assistance Services – Juvenile Court Program.  The program funds three (3) delinquency courtroom specialists and one (1) transfer specialist who work in the Victim Assistance Program at Juvenile Court.

 

This grant requires that the office match 25% of the grant award.  The match contribution for this program is both an in-kind match as well as a cash match.  The in-kind match fully supports the salary and fringe benefits of one (1) of the juvenile court victim specialists.  Due to increasing hospitalization and other fringe benefit costs, the current grant award received by the office does not cover the full fringe benefit costs of the three (3) federally-funded juvenile court specialists.  The $28,787.00 in cash matching funding will support the remaining hospitalization costs of the three (3) federally-funded juvenile court specialists.

 

The authorization to apply for this grant was given on December 2, 2003 by the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $28,787.00 [Year 1:  $14,393.00.  Required Match:  In-kind.  Over Match:  $14,393.00; and Year 2:  $14,394.00.  Required Match:  In-kind.  Over Match:  $14,394.00].  Grant Award:  $284,676.00 ($142,338.00 per year).  Funding period:  December 19, 2003 through December 18, 2005.  (250-818 Account).

 

COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY

 

ITEM #16

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 15, 2004 from

 

PATRICK T. DRISCOLL, JR., Deputy State's Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau

 

respectfully request permission to discuss the following cases with the Board or the appropriate committee thereof:

 

1.

Edgar Hope v. Ernesto Velasco, Case No. 01-C-1574

 

2.

 

Harris v. Schindler v. Cook County (3rd party defendant), Case No. 01-L-5550

 

3.

 

Barszcz v. County, Case No. 01-L-16387

 

PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE

 

ITEM #17

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

JAMES L. ELDRIDGE, JR., Chief Administrative Officer, Bureau of Administration

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for the lease of 18 photocopiers that are connected to coin operated machines (owned by the county) for use by the Law Library patrons.  Cost per copy pricing includes the use of the equipment, maintenance services, and all supplies (excluding paper).

 

Contract period:  August 16, 2004 through August 15, 2009.  (490-440 Account).  Requisition No. 44900025.

 

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PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE continued

 

ITEM #18

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

DOROTHY BROWN, Clerk of the Circuit Court

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for the purchase of a mail folder inserter and postage system for the Clerk of the Circuit Court Mailroom.

 

One time purchase.  (717/335-530 Account).  Requisition No. 43350022.

 

Sufficient funds have been appropriated to cover this request.

 

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ITEM #19

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

CLARA BOLDEN COLLINS, Superintendent, Juvenile Temporary Detention Center

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for the purchase of the following items:

 

REQ. NO.

DESCRIPTION

CONTRACT PERIOD

 

 

 

44400035

Seafood products

05/06/04 through 05/05/05

44400038

Ice cream products

06/17/04 through 06/16/05

 

(440-310 Account).

 

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ITEM #20

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

JOHN M. RABA, M.D., Chief Operating Officer, Cermak Health Services of Cook County

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for the rental of respiratory care equipment and accessories.

 

Contract period:  May 1, 2004 through April 30, 2006.  (240-390 Account).  Requisition No. 42400140.

 

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ITEM #21

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 6, 2004 from

 

STEPHANIE WRIGHT-GRIGGS, Chief Operating Officer, Provident Hospital of Cook County

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for the following services:

 

REQ. NO.

DESCRIPTION

ACCT. NO.

CONTRACT PERIOD

 

 

 

 

48910310

Maintenance for landscaping and snow

removal service

891-390

05/01/04 through 04/30/06

 

 

 

 

48910312

Maintenance and repair of boiler system

891-450

 

05/08/04 through 05/07/06


PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE continued

 

ITEM #21 cont’d

 

REQ. NO.

DESCRIPTION

ACCT. NO.

CONTRACT PERIOD

 

48910315

Odor control maintenance services

891-390

05/01/04 through 04/30/06

48910316

Maintenance and repair of fire sprinkler

system

891-450

07/08/04 through 07/07/06

 

 

 

 

48910317

Maintenance and repair of cooling tower system

891-450

07/12/04 through 07/11/06

 

 

 

 

48910319

Maintenance and repair of pumps and

compressors

891-450

07/10/04 through 07/09/06

 

 

 

 

48910342

Biohazardous waste scavenger services

891-215

06/04/04 through 06/03/06

 

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ITEM #22

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

STEPHANIE WRIGHT-GRIGGS, Chief Operating Officer, Provident Hospital of Cook County

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for parking management services.

 

Contract period:  May 16, 2004 through May 15, 2006.  (891-249 Account).  Requisition No. 48910423.

 

PROPOSED CONTRACTS

 

ITEM #23

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated February 6, 2004 from

 

JOHN H. STROGER, JR., President, Cook County Board of Commissioners

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into contracts with Eugene Barnes, Chicago, Illinois, and Stephen S. Morrill, Chicago, Illinois, whose names I am submitting for consideration as County Lobbyists.  Mr. Barnes and Mr. Morrill will serve for a period of one year beginning December 1, 2003 through November 30, 2004, in the amount of $60,000.00 each, plus expenses not to exceed $10,000.00 each.

 

It is important that these individuals be approved as soon as possible in order to guarantee lobbying services for the next General Assembly.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $140,000.00 [$70,000.00 – (490-260 Account); and $70,000.00 – (018-260 Account)].  Contract period:  December 1, 2003 through November 30, 2004.

 

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ITEM #24

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

DOROTHY BROWN, Clerk of the Circuit Court

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into a contract with International Business Machines (IBM), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the purchase of three-hundred (300) IBM Neoware Prestige customized network stations to be used on the public access terminals.


PROPOSED CONTRACTS continued

ITEM #24 cont’d

 

Reason:

International Business Machines is the sole proprietor of this part and it is necessary for the purchase of the Prestige version because it has the management tools that are compatible with our existing equipment.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $271,500.00.  One time purchase.  (715/335-579 Account).  Requisition No. 43350012.

 

Sufficient funds have been appropriated to cover this request.

 

The Chief Information Officer has reviewed this item and concurs with this recommendation.

 

*  *  *  *  *

 

ITEM #25

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

CATHERINE MARAS O’LEARY, Chief Information Officer,

                                                      Bureau of Information Technology & Automation

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into a contract with Avaya, Incorporated, Lisle, Illinois, for telecommunication equipment and structural cabling, which will be networked into the County telephone system, for a new Public Health clinic.

 

Reason:

The County has standardized on Avaya equipment.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant funded amount:  $96,343.00.  One time purchase.  (975-570 Account).  Requisition No. 40090002.

 

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ITEM #26

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

MARY JO HORACE, Director, Department of Office Technology

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into a contract with Catalyst Consulting Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, for geographical information systems (GIS) data editing and digital integration work.  The specialized data editing and digital integration work is needed to update the parcel database for tax year 2004.

 

Reason:

Catalyst Consulting Group, Inc. provided the same services for the Office of the Assessor for the 2002 and 2003 tax years as a subcontractor.  The Office of the County Clerk needs to have the work performed and integrated with the prior years' work so that the data can be made available to the county's GIS community, as well as distributed to the public and other governmental entities.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $298,250.00.  Contract period:  February 23, 2004 through August 31, 2004.  (545-441 Account).  Requisition No. 45450004.

 

*  *  *  *  *

 

ITEM #27

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

MARY JO HORACE, Director, Department of Office Technology

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into a contract with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota, for a software maintenance contract.  This software is used by the Department of Office Technology, Highway Department, Zoning Board of Appeals, Office of the Assessor and the County Clerk’s Office in conjunction with the countywide geographical information system (GIS).


PROPOSED CONTRACTS continued

 

ITEM #27 cont’d

 

Reason:

The vendor, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. is the only company able to provide software upgrades and maintenance services to the software product line.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $172,700.00.  Contract period:  February 1, 2004 through January 31, 2005.  (545-441 Account).  Requisition No. 45450003.

 

*  *  *  *  *

 

ITEM #28

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

STEPHEN A. MARTIN, JR., Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief Operating Officer,

                                                                    Department of Public Health

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into a contract with the American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago (ALAMC), Chicago, Illinois, to provide training and program materials to the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) and to implement ALAMC developed tobacco control/cessation programs and Freedom from Smoking (FFS) clinics on four (4) suburban Cook County college campuses.

 

Reason:

The American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago has developed and has sole ownership of these evaluated tobacco control/cessation programs.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant funded amount:  $36,000.00.  Contract period:  March 1, 2004 through June 30, 2004.  (935-289 Account).  Requisition No. 49354103.

 

*  *  *  *  *

 

ITEM #29

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

STEPHEN A. MARTIN, JR., Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief Operating Officer,

                                                                    Department of Public Health

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into a contract with Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical, Raritan, New Jersey, for the purchase of birth control pills used in the Department of Public Health’s family planning clinics.

 

Reason:

Under public law Title 10 the manufacturer provides birth control pills directly to public health departments at reduced costs mandated by public health service legislation.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $300,000.00.  Grant funded amount:  $200,000.00.  Contract period:  March 1, 2004 through February 28, 2005.  (895-361 and 975-361 Accounts).  Requisition Nos. 48954263 and 49754456.

 

*  *  *  *  *

 


PROPOSED CONTRACTS continued

 

ITEM #30

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

STEPHEN A. MARTIN, JR., Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief Operating Officer,

                                                                    Department of Public Health

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into contracts with the following agencies to provide AIDS/HIV prevention services in suburban Cook County:

 

 

REQ. NO.

 

AGENCY

CONTRACT

AMOUNT

 

49844108

Links North Shore Youth Health Service

Northfield, Illinois

 

$26,658.00

49844109

Vital Bridges

Chicago, Illinois

 

$32,431.00

49844110

Working for Togetherness

Matteson, Illinois

$28,049.00

 

Reason:

The agencies were selected through competitive service proposals as part of the regional HIV/AIDS services plan under a grant from the State of Illinois.  The grantor has mandated these agencies to continue providing AIDS counseling, testing and prevention education.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant funded amount:  $87,138.00.  Contract period:  January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.  (984-289 Account).

 

*  *  *  *  *

 

ITEM #31

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

JOHN M. RABA, M.D., Chief Operating Officer, Cermak Health Services of Cook County

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into a contract with Abbott Laboratories Diagnostic Division, Abbott Park, Illinois, for the purchase of reagents, controls and consumable supplies for the Abbott TDX-Flex analyzer, PPC and Dynamic incubator owned by Cermak Health Services of Cook County for the laboratory department.

 

Reason:

Abbott Laboratories Diagnostic Division is the only known distributor of reagents and consumable supplies for Abbott instruments.  The TDX-Flex analyzer and PPC are used for chemistry analysis.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $150,000.00 ($50,000.00 per year).  Contract period:  September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2007.  (240-365 Account).  Requisition No. 42400161.

 

Purchasing Agent concurs.

 

*  *  *  *  *

 

ITEM #32

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

DANIEL R. MARTIN, Acting Chief Operating Officer, Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into a contract with Khursheed A. Mallick, M.D., Downers Grove, Illinois, for attending urology services.


PROPOSED CONTRACTS continued

 

ITEM #32 cont’d

 

Reason:

Dr. Khursheed A. Mallick will provide attending urology coverage which will include participation in the on-call schedule for inpatients, outpatients, clinics and operating room.  During this time period, the hospital will be working with the Department of Urology at Stroger Hospital of Cook County to jointly recruit a physician for this position.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $183,137.00.  Contract period:  December 1, 2003 through November 30, 2004.  (898-260 Account).  Requisition No. 48980191.

 

PROPOSED CONTRACT ADDENDUM

 

ITEM #33

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

BARBARA BRUNO, Director, Cook County Department of Revenue

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to increase by $50,000.00, Contract No. 03-84-833 Rebid with Meyercord Revenue Division of Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois for the purchase of Cook County cigarette tax stamps.

 

Board approved amount 12-02-03:

$ 44,961.60

Increase requested:

 50,000.00

Adjusted amount:

$ 94,961.60

 

Reason:

This is necessary due to the expected increase of the Cook County cigarette tax.  The Department of Revenue is expecting a drastic increase in sales prior to the increased tax rate.  The expiration date of this contract is December 1, 2004.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $50,000.00.  (007-240 Account).

 

PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWALS

 

ITEM #34

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

TIMOTHY C. EVANS, Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to renew Contract No. 01-41-261 with The Chicago Bar Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, to manage the court’s Guardianship Assistance Desk.

 

Reason:

The Guardianship Assistance Desk for minors provides assistance to individuals who wish to represent themselves in obtaining guardianship of minors in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County.  Volunteer attorneys counsel clients on guardianship law and help them prepare necessary court papers with the assistance of court staff.  The Chicago Bar Foundation has developed self-help packets for those clients who wish to prepare their own papers.  The Chicago Bar Foundation has received national recognition, including an award from the American Bar Association, for its work in assisting the public with over 15,000 guardianship petitions over the past nine years.

 

The Chicago Bar Foundation manages the Guardianship Assistance Desk for minors with the help of the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation (CVLS) and court staff.  CVLS has pledged to match the value of the county’s contribution to the program.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $40,000.00.  Contract period:  May 1, 2004 through April 30, 2005.  (310-260 Account).  Requisition No. 43100006.

 

*  *  *  *  *


PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWALS continued

 

ITEM #35

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

STEPHEN A. MARTIN, JR., Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief Operating Officer,

                                                                    Department of Public Health

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to renew the following contracts to provide AIDS/HIV prevention services in suburban Cook County:

 

REQ. NO.

VENDOR

CONTRACT NO.

 

         TOTAL

 

49844107

Aunt Martha’s Youth Service Center, Inc.

Matteson, Illinois

 

02-42-178

$28,307.00

49844106

Care Point Adult,

Child and Family Assoc.

Evanston, Illinois

 

03-42-866

$111,236.00

49844105

Chicago Recovery Alliance

Chicago, Illinois

 

02-42-98

$173,699.00

49844104

Diverse Communication and

Health Media Foundation, Inc.

Chicago, Illinois

 

02-42-102

$78,440.00

49844103

Howard Brown Health Center

Chicago, Illinois

 

02-42-103

$94,331.00

49844102

Oak Park Gay and Lesbian Association

Oak Park, Illinois

 

02-42-108

$42,266.00

49844101

Renz Counseling Center

Elgin, Illinois

 

02-41-713

$74,945.00

49844100

Sister and Brothers Helping Each Other

Gardner, Illinois

02-42-112

$60,726.00

 

 

Reason:

The agencies were selected through competitive service proposals as part of the regional HIV/AIDS services plan under a grant from the State of Illinois.  The grantor has mandated these agencies to continue providing AIDS counseling, testing and prevention education.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant funded amount:  $663,950.00.  Contract period:  January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.  (984-289 Account).

 

*  *  *  *  *

 

ITEM #36

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

STEPHEN A. MARTIN, JR., Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief Operating Officer,

                                                                    Department of Public Health

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to renew Contract No. 02-42-277 with QuitNet, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, to continue to host and maintain www.cookcounty.quitnet.com a customized Department of Public Health web-based smoking cessation service.


PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWALS continued

 

ITEM #36 cont’d

 

Reason:

QuitNet, Inc. is the only known university evaluated web-based smoking cessation service.  QuitNet, Inc. has worked with the Department of Public Health for the past 3 years in developing the medical and graphic customized web site to help people of all ages quit smoking.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant funded amount:  $37,500.00.  Contract period:  January 1, 2004 through June 30, 2004.  (935-289 Account).  Requisition No. 49354101.

 

The Chief Information Officer has reviewed this item and concurs with this recommendation.

 

APPROVAL OF PAYMENT

 

ITEM #37

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated February 10, 2004 from

 

JOHN H. STROGER, JR., President, Cook County Board of Commissioners

 

The following invoices are submitted on behalf of the 69 West Washington Fire Investigation Commission for approval of payment in the amount of $ 84,992.04:

 

            Tele-Temp Inc.                                                                                            $  6,405.00

                        Clerical services 12/15/03 through 1/25/04

 

            Ellison, Nielsen, Zehe & Antas                                            $63,142.74

                        Legal representation 11/29/03 through 12/31/03

            Frederick Mowrer, Ph.D.                                                     $ 1,500.00

                        Services and Expenses 12/13/03 through 12/28/03

            Bill M. Strickland                                                                 $ 5,434.50

                        Services and Expenses 11/11/03 through 12/30/03

            Sullivan Court Reporting 12/02/03                                         $ 1,213.00

                                                                                                                               $71,290.24

 

            ZIRP-Burnham, LLC                                                                                    $ 7,296.80

                        Office space 12/01/04 through 01/31/04

 

CAPITAL PROGRAM ITEMS

 

ITEM #38

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated February 2, 2004 from

 

MICHAEL E. LAMONT, Director, Office of Capital Planning and Policy

 

Transmitted herewith for your approval is a request for authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for the Countywide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Study and Renovations, Group II - Correctional Facilities and Group III - Hospitals.  It is respectfully requested that this honorable body approve this request.

 

This program addresses the concerns of the physically handicapped and the visually or hearing impaired, regarding facility use and life safety issues.  Public areas of County facilities will be upgraded in accordance with Federal and State American with Disabilities Act (ADA).

 

Bond Issue (20000 Account).

 

Sufficient funds have been appropriated to cover this request.

 

*  *  *  *  *

 


CAPITAL PROGRAM ITEMS continued

 

ITEM #39

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated February 2, 2004 from

 

MICHAEL E. LAMONT, Director, Office of Capital Planning and Policy

 

Transmitted herewith for your approval is a request for authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for the Green Light Fixture Replacement Program, Phase II. It is respectfully requested that this honorable body approve this request.

 

This project provides for the replacement of light fixtures at four outlying courthouses.  The placement of these new energy efficient fixtures will benefit the County with recognized long term energy cost savings with an approximate three year return on investment.

 

Bond Issue (20000 Account).

 

Sufficient funds have been appropriated to cover this request.

 

*  *  *  *  *

 

ITEM #40

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated February 2, 2004 from

 

MICHAEL E. LAMONT, Director, Office of Capital Planning and Policy

 

Transmitted herewith for your approval is Change Order No. 7, payable to National Restoration Systems, Inc., for the Department of Corrections Parking Garage Renovation Project.  This change order is for work necessary to complete the project.  It is respectfully requested that this honorable body approve this request.

 

This change order will provide for repairs of the southwest and northwest stair/elevator towers and for concrete repairs to nine existing columns.  These repairs are for unforeseen hidden conditions that were not part of the original contract.

 

Contract No.  01-53-1144

 

Original Contract Sum:                                                                       $2,699,410.00

Total Changes to-date:                                                                            248,729.35

Adjusted Contract to-date:                                                                    2,948,139.35

Amount of this Modification:                                                                     41,415.00

Adjusted Contract Sum:                                                                      $2,989,554.35

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $41,415.00.  Bond Issue (20000 Account).

 

Sufficient funds have been appropriated to cover this request.

 

REAL ESTATE MATTER

 

ITEM #41

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated February 19, 2004 from

 

JOHN W. DAVIS, Director, Real Estate Management Division

 

requesting authorization from the Honorable Members of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County that a parcel (#EL 412) of vacant land be declared excess, be made available for sale by the required public notice, sold at no less than the current fair market (cash) value determined by a certified appraisal and returned to the tax rolls.

 


REAL ESTATE MATTER continued

 

ITEM #41 cont’d

 

The subject property consists of lot 29 being an area of approximately + 3,732 square feet of the Eisenhower Expressway plat 403.8 Section:  006-3838 in block 2 of Vendley and Company’s First addition to Hillside Acres, a resubdivision of Porter’s addition to Hillside in the west half of the northeast quarter of Section 18, Township 39 north Range 12, east of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County Illinois, north of I-290, east of Irving, south of Adams Street, Hillside.

 

It has been determined by all agencies involved that the subject property is no longer needed for highway purposes and can be released for sale.

 

Approval recommended.

 

BID OPENING - COMMISSIONER COLLINS

 

ITEM #42

 

Submitting for your consideration, bids which were opened under her supervision on Thursday, February 5, 2004 at 10:00 A.M., in the County Building, Chicago, Illinois.

 

BID OPENING - COMMISSIONER STEELE

 

ITEM #43

 

Submitting for your consideration, bids which were opened under her supervision on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at 10:00 A.M., in the County Building, Chicago, Illinois.

 

COUNTY PURCHASING AGENT

 

ITEM #44

 

Transmitting contracts and bonds executed by the contractors for approval and execution as requested by the Purchasing Agent.

 

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT MATTERS

 

The following items are presented by Wally S. Kos, P.E., Superintendent of Highways:

 

IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTIONS

 

ITEM #45

 

Submitting for your approval THREE (3) IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTIONS:

 

1.

Motor Fuel Tax Project

Improvement Resolution

Modernization of the traffic signals, engineering and other necessary highway appurtenances

Wise Road at Springinsguth Road

in the Village of Schaumburg

Section:  04-A6908-04-TL

Fiscal Impact:  $60,000.00 from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund (600-600 Account)

 

2.

Motor Fuel Tax Project

Improvement Resolution

Milling and resurfacing of the existing pavement, etc.

Oakton Street,

Skokie Boulevard to McCormick Boulevard

in the Village of Skokie

Section:  04-A6728-03-RS

Fiscal Impact:  $1,500,000.00 from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund (600-600 Account)

 


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT MATTERS continued

 

IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTIONS continued

 

ITEM #45 cont’d

 

3.

Motor Fuel Tax Project

Improvement Resolution

Pavement widening and median modifications, etc.

Sauk Trail at Richton Square Road

in the Village of Richton Park

Section:  04-C1129-03-TL

Fiscal Impact:  $275,000.00 from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund (600-600 Account)

 

REPORT

 

ITEM #46

 

Submitting the Bureau of Construction's Progress Report for the month ending January 31, 2004.

 

CHANGE IN PLANS AND EXTRA WORK

 

ITEM #47

 

Submitting five (5) change in plans and extra work:

 

1.

Section:  02-26347-02-LS.  Edens Expressway East Frontage Road, Dundee Road to Lake-Cook Road in the Village of Northbrook, unincorporated Cook County and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $65,141.00 (Addition).

 

 

2.

Section:  03-A8427-03-RS.  Church Street, Linder Avenue to Gross Point Road in the Village of Skokie.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $34,369.07 (Deduction).

 

 

3.

Section:  03-8PVMK-26-GM.  Pavement markings - 2003.  Final adjustment of quantities.  $108,639.78 (Deduction).

 

 

4.

Section:  02-W9629-02-RS.  Western  Avenue, Madison Street to Addison Street in the City of Chicago.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $281,516.70  (Deduction).

 

 

5.

Section:  98-W3910-04-FP.  Central Avenue, 155th Street to 147th Street in the City of Oak Forest.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $134,085.42 (Addition).

 

HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

 

ITEM #48

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 27, 2004 from

 

GWENDOLYN D. CLEMONS, Director, Department of Planning and Development

 

Re:       HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME Program)

 

respectfully request approval of a HOME Investment Partnerships Program Loan in the amount of $1,650,000.00.  The loan will be to a limited partnership to be formed by a wholly owned subsidiary of the Cook County Housing Development Corporation and an affiliate of DKI, Inc. controlled by Daniel S. Kotcher, together, with the low income housing tax creditor syndicator.  The loan will be for the construction of 60 unit (54 HOME assisted units), affordable, rental, senior independent, housing facility to be located at Sauk Trail and Butterfield Drive in Richton Park.  In addition to the HOME funds, other funding will include a private first mortgage, third mortgage through the Illinois Housing Development Authority’s (IHDA) Trust Fund Program, equity raised through the sale of Low Income Housing Tax Credits, a Federal Home Loan grant, general partner equity and deferred developer fees.  DKI, Inc. will donate the land to the project as part of the Illinois State Donation Tax Credit Program.  The development budget is estimated at $8,754,622.00 of which $1,650,000.00 accounts for approximately 19% of the total project costs.


HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM continued

 

ITEM #48 cont’d

 

The terms of the HOME Program loan will be structured as a 40-year fully amortized loan at 1% interest.  The County HOME program will receive monthly principal and interest payments of $4,172.12 with an annual payment totaling $50,065.50 to be used for other HOME eligible activities.

 

I respectfully request approval of this project, and that the Chief Administrative Officer of the County of Cook, or his designee, be authorized to execute on behalf of the County of Cook, any and all documents necessary to further the project approved herein, including but not limited to the HOME Loan agreement and any modifications thereto.  This loan will be closed with the assistance of the State’s Attorney’s Office, which assistance will include that office drafting the County’s loan documents.  The approval of this loan by this Honorable Body will permit staff to issue necessary commitments to allow this project to move forward.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant Funds:  $1,650,000.00.  (772-292 Account).

 

TRANSFER OF FUNDS

 

ITEM #49

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated February 1, 2004 from

 

JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, County Commissioner

 

I hereby request to transfer $4,000.00 from the (018-110 Account) Salary and Wages of Regular Employees to the (018-289 Account) Technical Services Not Otherwise Classified to cover contractual services to be rendered by Carol A. Giffey commencing on February 1, 2004 and concluding November 30, 2004.

 

PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF COOK COUNTY

JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

 

ITEM #50

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 19, 2004 from

 

STEPHANIE WRIGHT-GRIGGS, Chief Operating Officer, Provident Hospital of Cook County

 

Submitting herewith the Provident Hospital of Cook County Joint Conference Committee minutes for the meeting held on November 12, 2003.

 

STROGER HOSPITAL OF COOK COUNTY

JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

 

ITEM #51

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated January 28, 2003 from

 

JOHNNY C. BROWN, Chief Operating Officer, Stroger Hospital of Cook County

 

Submitting herewith the Stroger Hospital of Cook County Joint Conference Committee minutes for the meeting held on November 25, 2003.

 


PROPOSED ORDINANCES

 

ITEM #52

 

Submitting a Proposed Ordinance sponsored by

 

FORREST CLAYPOOL, EARLEAN COLLINS, ANTHONY J. PERAICA, MIKE QUIGLEY and

LARRY SUFFREDIN, County Commissioners

 

Co-Sponsored by

 

BOBBIE STEELE, County Commissioner

 

PROPOSED ORDINANCE

 

AMENDMENTS TO THE LONGTIME HOMEOWNER

EXEMPTION ORDINANCE

 

WHEREAS, Cook County is a home rule unit of government and hereby amends the Longtime Homeowner Exemption Ordinance dated June 5, 2001.

 

WHEREAS, many longtime homeowners in gentrifying areas face the threat of being forced to sell their property due to the exponential increase of their property taxes; and

 

WHEREAS, in recognition of the severe economic circumstances many longtime homeowners have faced, the Illinois Legislature passed Public Act 88-451, the Longtime Owner-Occupant Tax Relief Act (35 ILCS 250, et. Seq.), in August, 1993; and

 

WHEREAS,  on July 24, 1998, the Illinois Legislature passed Public Act 90-0648, amending the Longtime Owner-Occupant Property Tax Relief Act to require the participation of the City of Chicago and the Board of Education; and

 

WHEREAS, on June 5, 2001, the Cook County Board of Commissioners passed the Longtime Homeowner Exemption Ordinance; and

 

WHEREAS, counties, having a population of 100,000 or more, are authorized to enact an ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, that provides for property tax relief; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, as a county with a population of more than 100,000, Cook County is authorized to enact an ordinance to provide tax relief to longtime homeowners within the County that may be eligible under the provisions set forth in the Act; and

 

WHEREAS, as a matter of public policy, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has the authority and responsibility to enact property tax relief provisions that will enable eligible longtime homeowners to remain in financially secure possession of their homes.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the President and the Board of Commissioners of Cook County the following:

 

TITLE OF ORDINANCE:  Amendment to the Longtime Homeowner Exemption Ordinance.  The Ordinance, adopted June 5, 2001 is amended as follows:

 

An Ordinance creating the Homeowner Exemption for Long-term Properties (“H.E.L.P.”) Program to provide property tax relief to certain longtime homeowners in established neighborhoods, who are facing a dramatic rise in property taxes directly or indirectly attributable to gentrification.  To be eligible, the longtime homeowner must own and reside in a Cook County Class 2 property for a minimum of ten years, or five years if the homeowner received assistance in the acquisition of property as part of a government or non-profit housing program.  The Assessor shall verify potential eligible homeowners on an annual basis according to the eligibility criteria of the act and provide to the Cook County Clerk the information necessary to calculate the exemption in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Ordinance.  The Cook County Clerk shall then remove the exempt value from the calculation of the property tax and the Cook County Treasurer shall state on the tax bill the amount of the tax saved by the exemption.

 


PROPOSED ORDINANCES continued

 

ITEM #52 cont’d

 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Ordinance shall be known and may be known and citied as “Longtime Homeowner Exemption Ordinance.”

 

SECTION 2. PURPOSE.  The intent of this Ordinance is to stabilize the effects of soaring property taxes for longtime homeowners who otherwise may be displaced from neighborhoods where gentrification is occurring.

 

SECTION 3.  DEFINITIONS.  As used in this Ordinance:

 

“Assessment District.”  Cook County has a triennial reassessment cycle wherein one of the three districts within the county is reassessed each year.  The three assessment districts are defined in the Illinois Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/9-220(B)).

 

“AV.”   Assessed Value as defined in the Cook County Real Property Assessment Classification Ordinance (Section 2, Class 2 and Section 3, Class 2).

 

“Fair Market Value” (FMV). The value the Cook County Assessor places on each parcel of real estate.

 

“Market Value.” The amount a property could sell for on the open market.

 

“Average Assessment Increase.”  A percentage calculated by taking the value of all potentially qualifying Class 2 properties within the assessment district and determining the percent difference between the current reassessment value and the prior year’s assessment value.

“EAV.”  Equalized Assessed Value.  The assessed value multiplied by the equalization factor calculated by the Illinois Department of Revenue.

 

“H.E.L.P.”  Homeowner Exemption for Long-term Properties calculated as follows:  that portion of the current EAV for an eligible property which exceeds the sum of:  (1) EAV for the year prior to reassessment; plus (2) prior year EAV multiplied by a factor equal to 150% of the average assessment increase for the most current reassessment of the assessment district. 

 

“Class 2 Properties.”  Residential properties as defined in the Cook County Real Property Assessment Ordinance (Section 2, Class 2).

 

“Longtime Homeowners.”  Persons who have owned and occupied a Cook County Class 2 property for ten years or more as their as their principal residence, or five years or more if the owner received assistance in the acquisition of the property as part of a government or non-profit housing program.  “Longtime homeowners” also means persons who inherited the property from a spouse who owned and occupied a Class 2 property for ten years or more as their principal residence or five years or more if the owner received assistance in purchasing the residence from a government or non-profit housing program.

 

“Triennial Reassessment.”  Any reassessment of an assessment district, which occurs every third year as set forth in the Illinois Property Tax Code (35ILCS 200/9-220(B)).

 

SECTION 4.  ADMINISTRATION OF THE SAVE OUR HOMES TAX RELIEF PROGRAM.

 

(A) The Cook County Assessor shall have the authority to.

 

(1)     Administer the Homeowner Exemption for Long-term Properties (“H.E.L.P.”) program as created by the enactment of this Ordinance and the amendment of this Ordinance and determine those homeowners eligible for the Longtime Homeowners Exemption and apply the exemption on behalf of the eligible homeowners, transmitting all appropriate information to the Cook County Clerk.

 

(2)     Create applications for and determine potentially to end the program based on eligibility criteria set forth in this Ordinance and:

 


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(B) The Cook County Clerk shall have the authority to compute tax rates and calculate tax bill amounts and to provide this information to the Cook County Treasurer to implement the provisions of this Ordinance.

 

(C) The Cook County Treasurer shall state on the tax bill the amount saved by the tax relief program.

 

SECTION 5.  ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

 

The following criteria shall be used to verify a longtime homeowner’s eligibility for the H.E.L.P program on an annual basis:

 

1)      Homeowner is an owner-occupant of a Cook County Class 2 property, and that property has been the homeowner’s principal residence for at least ten consecutive years as of January 1 of the reassessment year.  A homeowner may become eligible for an exemption in a year subsequent to reassessment if a ten year consecutive residency has been established by January 1 of that year; or

2)      Homeowner is an owner-occupant of a Cook County Class 2 property, and that property has been the homeowner’s principal residence for at least five consecutive years, if the homeowner received assistance in the acquisition of the property as part of a government or non-profit housing program under the following guidelines:

 

a.       The program is restricted to qualified homebuyers on the basis of the household income of the homebuyer; and

b.       The income restriction for the homebuyer did not exceed 120% of the area median income as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and

c.       The subsidy exceeds $5,000 or 5% of the development cost of the property, whichever is greater; and

d.       The homebuyer is restricted from selling the house at full market price for at least five years from the date of purchase.

 

e.       The Cook County Board shall determine whether a purchase assistance program is qualified under the provisions of this Ordinance; and

 

3)      Homeowner’s property must have an AV increase that exceeds 150% 115% of the current average AV increase for Class 2 properties in the assessment district where the property is located and a Fair Market Value (FMV) below $500,000; and

 

4)      Homeowner’s annual household income for the year of the homeowner’s triennial assessment does not exceed one hundred and fifteen percent (115%) of the Chicago Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area median income as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; and

 

5)For any triennial assessment cycle, homeowner did not cause a substantial improvement, which resulted in an increase of fair cash value in the property in excess of the $45,000 allowance as set forth in the Illinois Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/15-180).

 

SECTION 6.  APPLYING THE EXEMPTION.

 

(A)    The Cook County Assessor shall:

 

(1)                      Annually verify potential eligible homeowners; and

        

(2)                      Provide to the Cook County Clerk the information necessary to calculate the exemption in accordance with the Ordinance.

 

(B)    The Cook County Clerk shall remove the exempt value from the calculation of the property tax.

 

(C)    The Cook County Treasurer shall state on the tax bill the amount of tax saved by the exemption.

 


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SECTION 7.  ELIGIBILITY NOTIFICATION.

 

The Assessor shall notify potentially eligible owners of record of Class 2 properties in Cook County of the existence of the Longtime Homeowners Exemption Program for each triennial assessment cycle within sufficient time to apply. 

 

SECTION 8 7.  APPLICATION.

 

This Amended Ordinance shall first apply to the assessment district of the 2002 2003 tax year and to each assessment district thereafter.

 

SECTION 9 8.  REQUIREMENTS FOR DETERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION.

 

Any taxing agency exercising the provision(s) in the Amended Longtime Owner-Occupant Property Tax Relief Act (35 ILCS 250, et seq.) shall:

 

(1)                      File a resolution or ordinance with the Cook County Clerk no later than the last Tuesday in December of the year for which the taxes are assessed; and

 

(2)                      In any event that any taxing agency adopts eligibility standards or criteria which differ from those provided herein at Section 5, the taxing agency shall certify a list of parcels (Permanent Index Numbers) deemed eligible by the taxing agency to the Cook County Assessor no later than the last Tuesday in December of the year for which the taxes are assessed.

 

SECTION 10 9.  EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

This Ordinance takes effect upon becoming law.

 

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ITEM #53

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated February 11, 2004 from

 

STEPHEN A. MARTIN, JR., Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief Operating Officer, Department of Public Health

 

Transmitting a communication requesting an amendment to the Cook County Board of Health Ordinance originally passed in 1943.

 

The Cook County Bureau of Health Services (Bureau) and its Department of Public Health (Department) are proposing revisions to this Ordinance to comport with changes in State law since the Ordinance was initially adopted.  More importantly, the proposed revisions provide the Department with tools to better protect the residents of Cook County from new and emerging public health threats.  This amendment will provide clearer guidance and authority to the Department with regard to immediate public health measures.

 

Submitting a Proposed Ordinance Amendment sponsored by

 

JOHN H. STROGER, JR., PRESIDENT and JERRY BUTLER, County Commissioners

 

PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

 

Amendment to Cook County Board of Health Ordinance

 

WHEREAS, the ordinance establishing the Cook County Board of Commissioners as the Cook County Board of Health and establishing the Cook County Board of Commissioners as the Cook County Board of Health and establishing the Cook County Department of Public Health was originally passed in 1943; and

 


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WHEREAS, the Cook County Department of Public Health serves all areas of Cook County except those served by a health department certified by the Illinois Department of Public Health and also performs functions in areas throughout Cook County to the extent such functions are delegated to the Cook County Department of Public Health by the Illinois Department of Public Health; and

 

WHEREAS, Chicago, Evanston, Oak Park and Skokie, as well as Stickney Township, are currently served by health departments certified by the Illinois Department of Public Health; and

 

WHEREAS, revision to this ordinance are needed to update references to State law which have changed since the Ordinance was initially adopted; and

 

WHEREAS, revisions are also needed to better protect the residents of Cook County from new and emerging public health threats, such as SARS; and

 

WHEREAS, the appearance of SARS and heightened concerns about the responses required by local health authorities to potential bioterrorism have resulted in the need to review the local, state and federal provisions; and

 

WHEREAS, the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requested that all local health departments have in place SARS plans which include procedures for the rapid and effective implementation of measures such as quarantine, isolation of closures of premises as required for the protective of the public’s health; and

 

WHEREAS, the proposed revision provide clearer guidance and authority to the Cook County Department of Public Health with regard to immediate public health measures including the issuance of emergency regulations and including provisions for Board approval of Department regulations; and

 

WHEREAS, the proposed revisions balance the need to protect the public with the need to provide due process to individuals who have or who may have been exposed to, dangerously communicable diseases.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED THAT,

 

Section 1.  The Department of Public Health (Board of Health) Ordinance is hereby amended as set forth below:

 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

(BOARD OF HEALTH)

 

5-200.       Department Established

5-201.       Board of Commissioners as Board of Health

5-202.       Mission and Policy

5-2023.     Jurisdiction

5-2034.     Board Powers and Duties

5-2045.     Department Organization

5-2056.     Department Powers and Duties Administration

5-207.       Measures Ordered by Department

5-208.       [reserved]

5-2069.     Petty Cash Account

5-20710.   Persons Authorized to Draw on Account

5-20811.   Auditing Account

5-20912.   Home Nursing Visits under Medicare

5-21013.   Home Health Service:  Definitions [reserved]

5-21114.   Home Health Service:  Authorization to Collect Fees [reserved]

5-21215.   Home Health Service:  Fee Schedule Regulations

5-21316.   Home Health Service:  Gifts and Bequests Ordinance Violations – Punishment

5-21417.   Search and Certification Fees Ordinance as Exercise of Home Rule Authority

5-218        Severability


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Department Established

            5-200.  The Cook County Department of Public Health (“Department”) was established pursuant to provisions of the Act entitled “An Act in relation to the establishment and maintenance of county and multiple-county public health department,” approved July 9, 1943, as amended.

Board of Commissioners as Board of Health

5-201.  For the purpose of the operation and maintenance of the said Cook County Department of Public Health, the Board of Commissioners of Cook County does hereby organized and constituted itself as the Board of Health of Cook County for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the said Act in a manner similar to other acts and duties of the County.  The President of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County is hereby designated and constituted the President of the Board of Health of Cook County.  The Secretary of the Board of Health of Cook County shall be such member of the Board of Health as shall be elected by the Board.  The Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County is hereby designated and constituted Assistant Secretary of the Board of Health of Cook County.  Except as otherwise provided, all references to the “Board” shall refer to the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, acting in its capacity as the Board of Health.

Mission and Policy

 

5-202.  It is the mission and policy of this Board to protect and promote the health of the people of Cook County and to prevent disease and injury through the activities of the Department as described in this Ordinance.  It is the further mission and policy of this Board to encourage appropriate collaboration between County, local, state and federal officials as well as private health promoting institutions.

 

Jurisdiction

5-2032.            The Board of Health Board and the Department shall have jurisdiction throughout the County of Cook entire county except within any city, village, or incorporated town, or combination thereof, which is maintaining a full time health department certified as defined by the Illinois Department of Public Health.  The Board and Department may have additional jurisdiction when acting pursuant to a specific delegation of responsibilities by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Board Powers and Duties

5-2034.  Within its jurisdiction the Board of Health Board of Cook County shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as are granted unto it pursuant to by the statutes in the case made and provided and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of applicable statutes, applicable regulations of the Illinois Department of Public Health, and this Ordinance, including Rules and Regulations adopted pursuant hereto.

Department Organization

5-2045.  Organization of the Department.  Board of Health of Cook County Upon the recommendation of the Chief of Health Services, tThe President and Members of the Board Board of Health of Cook County shall,: subject to the rules and regulations of the Cook County Human Resources Ordinance and upon the recommendation of the Chief of Health Services, except absence of such recommendation shall not prevent the Board of Health from acting with respect to these powers:.

1.         Appoint a Chief Executive Officer as the Cchief Ooperating Oofficer for the Department.  The Chief Executive Officer shall be qualified as either a Public Health Administrator or as a Medical Health Officer and shall possess such qualifications as may be prescribed by the State Department of Public Health, and who shall have the powers hereinafter provided;

2.         Appoint such other professional employees including, but not limited to, licensed physicians, who shall possess such qualifications as may be prescribed by the State Department of Public Health for their respective positions;


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3.         Appoint such other officers and employees as may be necessary;

4.         Prescribe the powers and duties of all officers and employees, fix their compensation and authorize payment of the same and all other Department expenses from the County Health Fund, in accord with adopted budget for the Cook County Bureau of Health Services;

5.         Provide that all employees of the Public Health Unit of the Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare, as established on June 21, 1940, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Public Health and the United States Public Health Service, shall continue to be employees in the same in the Department of Public Health. (Amend. Ord. 91-O-52; 09-30-91 and 03-O-08, 12-17-02.)

The Chief of Health Services shall submit recommendations to the President and the Board with respect to the items set forth in this Section.

Department Powers and Duties Administration

            5-2056.            The Chief Executive Officer, subject to the control of the Board of Health Board and to the direction of the Chief of Health Services, have charge of the Department’s staff and activities and shall delegate responsibilities to qualified personnel of the Department as necessary to efficiently carry out the activities of the Department pursuant to this Ordinance.  The Department of the Board of Health and shall have the following powers and duties:

 

            1.         Enforce and observe all applicable statutes, applicable regulations of the Illinois Department of Public Health, and this Ordinance, including Rules and Regulations adopted by the Department state law pertaining to the preservation of the public’s health; 

            2.         Initiate and carry out, at the direction of the Board, programs and activities of all kinds not inconsistent with law that may be deemed necessary or desirable in the promotion and protection of health and the control of disease or conditions which threaten the public’s health

3.         Adopt and eEnforce all rules and regulations regularly adopted, or those promulgated by the authorities having power to make rules and regulations concerning the promotion and protection of the public’s health including, but not limited to, rules and regulations requiring the reporting to the Department of circumstances defined by the Department which may result in action by the Department to protect the public’s health; or enforce applicable rules and regulations promulgated by other authorities having power to make such rules and regulations;

4.         Cooperate with federal and state health authorities to combat new or evolving public health threats and, where appropriate, make or adopt public health proclamations, guidelines, bulletins or health advice published or promoted, in any form, by federal or state health officials pertaining to the preservation of the public’s health;

5.         Coordinate the activities of the Department with other County, local, municipal and State offices to provide a coordinated response for the control of diseases or conditions which threaten the public’s health;

46.        Investigate the existence of any contagious or infectious diseases and take measures necessary to investigate the existence and prevent the spread of dangerously contagious diseases including, but not limited to, directing the performance of physical examinations and tests, the collection of laboratory specimens, the administration of vaccines, medications, or other treatments and the observation and monitoring of persons who may have been exposed to a dangerously contagious disease;  

7.         Eenforce the regulations of the Department this Board of Health and applicable regulations of the authorities having the power to make such regulations; State Department of Public Health concerning the same;


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58.        Determine when diseases are contagious or epidemic or when a danger to the public’s health exists and enforce quarantine regulations whenever he deems it necessary order those measures deemed necessary to protect the public’s health including, but not limited to, the quarantine or isolation of persons or closure of places when such action is required to protect the public’s health, until such time as the condition can be corrected or the danger to the public health eliminated or reduced in such a manner that no immediate threat to the public health any longer exists.

69.        Make all necessary sanitary and health investigations and inspections; 

610.      Investigate and cause to be abated and cause all nuisances affecting the public health to be abated with all reasonable promptness according to in accordance with applicable law, including this Ordinance;

711.      Upon request, give professional advice and information to all city, village, incorporated town, and school authorities on matters pertaining to sanitation and public health;

812.      For any suspected violation of this Ordinance or state law, enter any building, structure or premises, according to law, for the purpose of determining whether there is a violation of any of the health provisions of this Ordinance or the health provisions of state law code;

13.        Cause to be confined, and specify the conditions of such confinement, any person who fails to comply with an order of the Department or the Court or who, in the judgment of the Department, may not be relied upon to comply with an order of the Department, where such confinement is necessary to protect the public health.

1014.    Cause to be arrested any person who violates an order of the Department of the Illinois Department of Public Health. any of the health provisions established by this Board of Health or of the State Department of Public Health.  (Res. 12-10-45, p. 167; Amend. Ord. 91-0-52, 9-30-91.)

15.        In a manner consistent with federal and state requirements, as applicable, during an occurrence of biological or chemical terrorism or during a declared disaster which threatens the public's health, request, and at sites designated by the CCDPH, receive and cause to be distributed pharmaceutical and medical supplies from the Illinois Pharmaceutical Stockpile, the Strategic National Stockpile and or any additional sources in order to aid the state and local emergency response authorities when local resources have been depleted or when the need for additional resources is reasonably anticipated.

16.        During a declared disaster which threatens the public’s health, take such actions as may be requested by the President of the Board or his designee in order to protect the health of the residents of Cook County.

Measures Ordered by Department

 

5-207.(a)  Issuance of Orders; Court Petitions.   The Department may order measures it deems necessary to protect the public’s health including, but not limited to, an order requiring that a person or a group of persons be quarantined or isolated or that a place be closed and made off limits to the public.  Such orders shall be issued with the consent of the person(s) or owner of the place affected or upon the prior order of a court of competent jurisdiction.  If, in the judgment of the Department, immediate action is required to protect the public health, the Department may order, on an immediate basis without prior consent or court order, measures it deems necessary to protect the public’s health including, but not limited to, an order requiring that a person or a group of persons be quarantined or isolated or that a place be closed and made off limits to the public, until such time as the condition can be corrected or the danger to the public health eliminated or reduced in such a manner that no immediate threat to the public health any longer exists.  In addition to other circumstances in which such orders are appropriate, the


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Department may order that an individual be quarantined or isolated in order to prevent the spread of a dangerously communicable disease when an individual refuses or fails to submit to measures required by the Department in order to investigate whether a person is or may be infected with or capable of communicating a dangerously communicable disease. In the event of an immediate order issued without prior consent or court order, the Department shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, obtain the consent of the person or owner or file a petition requesting a court order authorizing the continuation of the order of the Department.  Pending a court order on the matter, all Department orders shall remain in full force and effect until lifted by the Department.   The County shall make payment of reasonable attorneys’ fees, if ordered by the Court, with respect to the representation of indigent persons who object to a Department order.

5-207.(b)  Enforcement of Orders.  A health care provider licensed in Illinois and a law enforcement officer with proper jurisdiction shall be authorized to enforce orders issued by the Department and orders of the Court with respect to public health measures and shall assist the Department in enforcing such orders. 

5-207.(c)  Regulations.  The Department may promulgate rules and regulations as are reasonable and necessary to implement and effectuate the provisions of this Section, including rules and regulations providing for due process protections.

5-208.  [RESERVED]

Petty Cash Account

5-20609.  That the Cook County Department of Public Health is hereby authorized to set up a special account in a bank or depository to be known as “Cook County Department of Public Health-Petty Cash Account.” 

Persons Authorized to Draw on Account

5-20710.  That the Chief Executive Officer Medical Officer, Business Manager, the Department’s Director of Financial Control and a Department one of employee acting in a fiduciary capacity of the Department shall be authorized to sign checks drawn on the aforementioned “Cook County Department of Public Health-Petty Cash Account” for payment of petty cash expenses; provided, however, that all checks so drawn shall be signed by at least two of the three persons so authorized to sign.

Auditing Account

5-20811.  That the “Cook County Department of Public Health-Petty Cash Account” shall be audited at the close of each fiscal year by the County Auditor and a report shall be filed with the Cook County Board of Commissioners. (Res. 6-27-60, p.2340.) 

Home Nursing Visits under Medicare

5-20912.  The Cook County Department of Public Health is hereby authorized to coordinate the providing of home nursing visits to suburban Cook County under Medicare. (Res. 6-20-66, p. 2818.)

 


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COLLECTION OF FEES FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICE

 

Definitions

 

            5-210.  Section 1.  For the purpose of this Ordinance, unless the context Otherwise requires:

 

            A.  “Department” means the County Health Department of the County of Cook.

 

            B.  “Board” means the Board of Health of the County of Cook.

 

            C.  “Home Health Agency” or “Agency” means the health department of the County of Cook which is responsible for providing the “Home Health Service” in accordance with the certification standards established by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

 

            D  “Home Health Service” means those items and services furnished to individuals, under the care of a physician, on a visiting basis in a place of residence used as such individuals home.  These services are provided by the Home Health Agency under a plan for furnishing such items and services to an individual, established and periodically reviewed by the patients physician, and includes par time  or intermittent nursing care provided by or under the supervision of a registered professional nurse, and the services of one or more of the following: physical, occupational, or speech therapy, medical social work, or part time or intermittent services or a home health aide.

 

Authorization to Collect Fees

 

            5-211.  Section 2.  Pursuant to Section 14 of “An Act in relation to the establishment and maintenance of county and multiple county public health department, approved July 9, 1943, as amended,” the Board of Health is authorized to collect fee for services rendered by the home health agency.

 

Fee Schedule

 

5  212.  Section 3.  The Board of Health has the power to establish a fee schedule which shall not be more than the actual cost based on accepted cost accounting methods of rendering home health service and to collect such fees from those person who receive these services or from public or private agencies which, pursuant to contract, agree to pay such fees on behalf of eligible persons.

 

Gifts and Bequests

 

            5- 213.  Section 4.  The Board is authorized to:

 

            A.        Accept gift and bequests for the purpose of administering the home health service program and to expend such gifts and bequests, or invest such gifts and bequests and expend the income there from, for the maintenance of such home health services.

 

            B.         Deposit all gifts and bequests received which are not otherwise invested, the income from those gifts and bequests which are invested, and all fee collected, in the “County Health Fund” to the credit of the “Home Health Service.”  (Ord. 7 25 66, p. 3154.)

 

Search and Certification Fees

 

5-214.  (a)  The Department of Public Health shall charge a fee of $7.00 for any search of the files of birth, death and fetal death records upon a written request from any applicant entitled to such search.  If, upon search, the record request is found, the custodian to whom the request was submitted shall furnish the applicant one certification of such record, or one certified copy of such record.

 

            (b)  A further fee of $2.00 shall be required for each additional certification or certified copy requested.  (Ord. 85 0 6, 12 3 84; Amend. Ord. 85-0 13, 12 17 84; Amend. 7 1 97.


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5-213 to 5-214. [RESERVED]

5-215.  Regulations. The Department is authorized to issue rules and regulations in carrying out its duties under this Ordinance.  With the exception of emergency regulations, all regulations of the Department shall be submitted to the Board for approval prior to becoming effective.  Upon a determination that the public’s health will be endangered unless immediate regulatory action is taken, the Chief Executive Officer may adopt and enforce emergency regulations of the Department which shall remain in effect until the Board has adopted or rejected the emergency regulations or for a period of ninety days, whichever is shorter.  All regulations adopted by the Department shall be filed with the County Clerk and shall be available at the main offices of the Department.

Ordinance Violations –Punishment

5-216.(a)  Any person who violates the provisions of this Ordinance, or any regulations promulgated hereunder, or any Department orders authorized under this Ordinance or under applicable law shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and shall be subject to arrest and a fine of $1000 for each violation.

(b)  In addition to any other remedies permitted under this Ordinance, the Department or the State's Attorney may file a complaint in the Circuit Court of Cook County to enjoin any person from violating the provisions of this Ordinance, or any regulations promulgated hereunder or any Department orders provided for under this Ordinance.

Ordinance as Exercise of Home Rule Authority

5-217.  This Ordinance, as amended from time to time, is promulgated pursuant to the powers of the County of Cook as a home rule unit of local government under the 1970 Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 6, and shall supersede all state statutes to the extent that it may be in conflict with them, including without limitation, any of the provisions set forth in 55 ILCS 5/5-25001, et seq., as amended.

Severability

5-218.  Severability.  To the extent that any provision of this Ordinance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such provision shall be severable from the remaining provisions of this Ordinance which shall continue in full force and effect.

Section 2.  Effective Date.  The amendments set forth in this ordinance shall be effective upon adoption by the Board of Commissioners.

 

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS

 

ITEM #54

 

Submitting a Proposed Resolution sponsored by

 

CARL R. HANSEN and LARRY SUFFREDIN, County Commissioners

 

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Cook County is presently considering the possible reuse of the Old Cook County Hospital, and

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Cook County has been advised by its Office of Capital Planning and Policy that the monthly cost to operate the Old Cook County Hospital, the Children’s Hospital, the Power House, and the 12 KV Power House exceeds $400,000, and

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Cook County has been advised by other entities that the county could save a significant amount of this monthly cost by rendering inoperative and fencing off the Old Cook County Hospital, the Children’s Hospital, the Main Power House, and the 12 KV Power House.

 


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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, that Cook County will immediately turn off the gas and electricity to the Old Cook County Hospital, to the Children’s Hospital, to the Power House, and to the 12 KV Power House, and drain the sprinkler systems and the water pipes in these buildings in order to reduce the operating costs to the county by as much as 85% of the current monthly expenditure.

 

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ITEM #55

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated February 5, 2004 from

 

MARK KILGALLON, Chief, Bureau of Human Resources

 

Transmitting herewith is a collective bargaining agreement for your consideration and approval at the February 19, 2004 Board Meeting.

 

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

WHEREAS, a Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of December 1, 2001 through November 30, 2004 has been negotiated between the County of Cook/Sheriff of Cook County (as joint employers) and the Metropolitan Alliance of Police Cook County Correctional Officers Chapter 222; and

 

WHEREAS, salaries and wages for this agreement has previously been approved by the Board of Commissioners.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this union agreement be approved by the Board of Commissioners of Cook County.

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

 

ITEM #56

 

Pursuant to Rule 4-33, the Secretary to the Board of Commissioners hereby transmits Resolutions for your consideration.  The Consent Calendar Resolutions shall be published in the Post Board Action Agenda and Journal of Proceedings as prepared by the Clerk of the Board.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

ITEM #57

 

 

Construction............................................................................................. Meeting of February 4, 2004

 

 

Health and Hospitals................................................................................. Meeting of February 4, 2004

 

 

Finance................................................................................................... Meeting of February 19, 2004

 

 

Zoning and Building................................................................................. Meeting of February 19, 2004

 

 

Roads and Bridges.................................................................................. Meeting of February 19, 2004

 

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The next regularly scheduled meeting is presently set for Tuesday, March 9, 2004.